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Definition of Overexploitation
1. Noun. Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns.
Generic synonyms: Development, Exploitation
Derivative terms: Overexploit, Overuse
Definition of Overexploitation
1. Noun. excessive and damaging exploitation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overexploitation
Literary usage of Overexploitation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Managing Small-Scale Fisheries: Alternative Directions and Methods by Fikret Berkes (2001)
"8.3.2 NEW DIRECTIONS IN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT In the last decade, following concerns
about conventional management as well as fishery overexploitation and ..."
2. The Experiences and Challenges of Science and Ethics: Proceedings of an by National Research Council (2003)
"There is the common complaint that environmental crises come from overexploitation
of nature due to one or a combination of the following causes: unlimited ..."
3. Investing in Biological Diversity: The Cairns Conference : Proceedings of by OECD Staff (1997)
"overexploitation is only one of the threats to loss of marine and coastal
biodiversity. In addition, these incentive measures will, in most cases, ..."
4. Groundwater Markets in Pakistan: Participation and Productivity by Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick (1996)
"Dealing with overexploitation of Groundwater Much of Pakistan's policy toward
... Thus, overexploitation of groundwater resources is a matter for increased ..."
5. Trade And Structural Adjustment: Embracing Globalisation by OECD Staff (2005)
"If management is poor, there are too many fishers, causing overexploitation and
low economic returns. Factors such as the level of subsidisation can also ..."
6. Sustainability Issues for Resource Managers by Daniel L. Bottom, Gordon H. Reeves, Martha H. Brookes (1997)
"By about 1940, the most preferred species in the Great Lakes were exploited by
the fisheries to the point of a risk of overexploitation, if not, in fact, ..."
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